bestiary
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A veritable bestiary of nearly 100 sculptures by dozens of artists offers the opportunity to bask in the diverse glory of the animal—and creative—kingdoms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Designer Virginie Viard collaborated again with contemporary artist Xavier Veilhan who used a bestiary in house founder Coco Chanel’s apartment as a creative springboard for the carnival-like spring decor.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
Naked mole-rats and blind mole-rats are now safely within the research bestiary.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2022
With terrifying beasts like the Demogorgon and the Mind Flayer, Stranger Things has slowly been building up an impressive bestiary of monsters.
From The Verge ● May 28, 2022
I suggest the need for a new bestiary, to take the place of the old ones.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
The design may have come from medieval bestiaries, which were "the origin for JK Rowling's book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", said Helen Geake.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024
Medieval bestiaries were books that served as compendiums of creatures both fantastic and real.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2019
The purpose of animals in medieval bestiaries, for example, was to give us lessons in how to live.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2017
She is a magpie, plucking language from myriad arenas: bestiaries, business documents, tourist pamphlets.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 13, 2016
In this sense, bestiaries are part of our inheritance.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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